Videos released by Islamic State have captured the attention of the world for years. But the media focus on its so-called 'slick, professional' video techniques runs the risk of mythologising the terrorist group.

Community journalists are putting local news back on the agenda.
August 5, 2016

Jesse Hlebo is troubled. The New York-based artist’s latest exhibition, In Pieces explores information overload and authenticity in the internet era – and it’s a challenging place to spend some time. Walking…

Devastation in the wake of the Boxing Day tsunami.
EPA/Barbara Walton
December 28, 2014

The camera jerks as the wave crashes through the wall of the restaurant. The tables set out for a wedding breakfast are swept aside. The man behind the camera doesn’t realise the awful reality of what…

Human rights monitoring can now be done by anyone.
Allyson Neville-Morgan
May 14, 2014

In November 2013, the New Yorker published a profile of Eliot Higgins – or Brown Moses as he is known to almost 17,000 Twitter followers. An unemployed finance and admin worker at the time, Higgins was…

Journalists break and analyse news using a variety of media, as they should.
clasesdeperiodismo
November 28, 2013

The winners of this year’s Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism will be announced in Brisbane tonight. For the first time, the 2013 awards include prizes for Multimedia Storytelling and Podcast…

Twitter users are using the #auspol hash to pursue allegations against Julia Gillard.
Twitter
December 4, 2012

Recent opposition attacks on Julia Gillard’s ethics have been underpinned by an unprecedented underground online campaign prosecuted on social media. The questions raised by Tony Abbott and Julie Bishop…

Should the changing face of media be a source of despair or optimism?
Truthout.org
November 28, 2011

To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the death of newspapers are somewhat exaggerated. But traditional media is experiencing the “perfect storm” of declining circulations, collapsing advertising revenues…